Chilca Launch Range

Chilca
Chilca
Peru
	Chilca Location in Peru
Coordinates	12°30′S 76°48′W / 12.500°S 76.800°W
Type	rocket launch site
Site history
Built	1974

Chilca (Punta Lobos) is a rocket launch site in Peru at 12°30′S 76°48′W / 12.500°S 76.800°W / -12.500; -76.800 (Chilca Launch Range), near the town of Chilca in the municipality of Pucusana, about 70 km south of the center of Lima.

Chilca was in service from 1974 and was mainly used for launching Arcas and Nike sounding rockets.^[1]^[2]

The Peruvian rocket Paulet I has been launching from here since 2006.^[3]

In 2015 the Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Imágenes Satelitales (CNOIS) opened near the site.^[4]

Launches

Date, Time (UTC)	Vehicle	Entity	Apogee (km)
March 29, 1974, 02:00	Black Brant 4B	Aerospace Corporation	742
May 24, 1974, 01:00	Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.170GE	NASA	338
May 24, 1974, 01:05	Super Arcas NASA 15.139UE	NASA	93
May 24, 1974, 01:52	Super Arcas NASA 15.133GM	NASA	71
May 24, 1974, 06:55	Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.171GE	NASA	324
May 24, 1974, 07:05	Super Arcas NASA 15.140UE	NASA	91
May 24, 1974, 07:44	Super Arcas NASA 15.134GM	NASA	88
May 24, 1974, 08:42	Super Arcas NASA 15.135GM	NASA	67
May 24, 1974, 2:24 p.m.	Super Loki G 1-7743	NASA	70
May 24, 1974, 19:00	Super Loki G 1-7742	NASA	70
May 25, 1974, 19:44	Super Loki G 1-7744	NASA	69
May 27, 1974, ?	Nike Apache NASA 14.531UA	NASA	127
May 27, 1974, 08:01	Nike Apache NASA 14.530UA	NASA	127
May 28, 1974, 19:30	Super Arcas NASA 15.142UE	NASA	86
May 28, 1974, 20:26	Nike Apache NASA 14.532UE	NASA	191
May 28, 1974, 21:16	Super Arcas NASA 15.141UE	NASA	82
May 29, 1975, 03:55	Nike Apache NASA 14.538UA	NASA	131
May 30, 1975, 04:35	Nike Apache NASA 14.524UE	NASA	187
June 2, 1975, 05:11	Nike Apache NASA 14.525UE	NASA	187
June 3, 1975, 16:14	Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.149GE	NASA	20 (failure)
June 3, 1975, 16:41	Nike Apache NASA 14.540CA	NASA	204
June 7, 1975, 16:07	Nike Tomahawk	NASA	259
June 7, 1975, 16:25	Nike Apache	NASA	197
March 21, 1979, 11:49 p.m.	Castor (A)	DFVLR	0 (failure)
March 22, 1979, 11:53 p.m.	Castor (A)	DFVLR	268
Oct. 23, 1979, 11:04 p.m.	Nike Nike GL A45.803-1	US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory	50
October 24, 1979, 11:24 p.m.	Nike Nike GL A45.803-2	US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory	50
Oct. 29, 1979, 11:04 p.m.	Nike Nike GL A45.803-3	US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory	50
February 27, 1983, 16:33	Nike Orion NASA 31.28UE	NASA	140
March 2, 1983, 02:51	Terrier Malemute NASA 29.20UE	NASA	590
March 3, 1983, 03:54	Taurus Orion NASA 33.26UE	NASA	200
March 8, 1983, 15:15	Super Loki TU1-0380	NASA	82
March 8, 1983, 16:35	Nike Orion NASA 31.26GE	NASA	140
March 8, 1983, 17:16	Super Arcas NASA 15.218UE	NASA	80
March 8, 1983, 19:17	Super Loki TU1-0388	NASA	65
March 8, 1983, 10:00 p.m.	Super Arcas NASA 15.223UE	NASA	80
March 8, 1983, 23:27	Super Arcas NASA 15.221UE	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 01:00	Super Arcas NASA 15.220UE	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 02:25	Super Loki TU1-0381 PWN-12A	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 02:38	Super Loki TU1-0358	NASA	88
March 9, 1983, 03:06	Nike Orion NASA 31.27GE	NASA	140
March 9, 1983, 03:27	Nike Orion NASA 31.32GE	NASA	140
March 9, 1983, 03:52	Super Loki TU1-0389	NASA	81
March 9, 1983, 05:00	Super Loki TU1-0382	NASA	82
March 9, 1983, 05:20	Super Loki TU1-0383 PWN-12A	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 05:32	Super Loki TU1-0359	NASA	79
March 9, 1983, 05:49	Super Loki TU1-0383 PWN-12A	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 06:10	Super Loki TU1-0385	NASA	88
March 9, 1983, 07:46	Super Loki TU1-0390	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 08:20	Super Loki TU1-0386	NASA	88
March 9, 1983, 08:57	Nike Orion NASA 31.33GE.	NASA	140
March 9, 1983, 09:20	Super Loki TU1-0361	NASA	85
March 9, 1983, 10:11	Super Arcas NASA 15.219UE	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 12:00	Super Arcas NASA 15.222UE	NASA	80
March 12, 1983, 3:35 p.m.	Taurus Orion NASA 33.27UE	NASA	200
March 12, 1983, 17:09	Nike Orion NASA 31.29UE	NASA	140
March 15, 1983, 02:33	Terrier Malemute NASA 29.19UE	NASA	520
March 21, 1983, 09:53	Taurus Tomahawk NASA 34.10UE	NASA	500
March 23, 1983, 09:50	Taurus Tomahawk NASA 34.09UE	NASA	500
March 23, 1983, 18:52	Super Loki TU1-0391	NASA	78
December 27, 2006	Paulet I	CONIDA	45
September 2, 2009, 6:17 p.m.	Paulet IM	CONIDA	90
September 30, 2011, 7:50 p.m.	X-PAX-II	CONIDA
June 12, 2013	Paulet I-B	CONIDA	15
December 22, 2021	Paulet I-C	CONIDA

References

^ "Chilca". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
^ "Chilca PLOB". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
^ Romero (2012). "Sounding Rocket Program in Peru". SpaceOps 2012 Conference. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. doi:10.2514/6.2012-1275893.
^ Watson (December 21, 2015). "Perú inaugura su centro nacional de operaciones de imágenes satelitales". Infoespacial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-26.

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[1] "Chilca". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2024-04-14.

[2] "Chilca PLOB". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2024-04-14.

[3] Romero (2012). "Sounding Rocket Program in Peru". SpaceOps 2012 Conference. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. doi:10.2514/6.2012-1275893.

[4] Watson (December 21, 2015). "Perú inaugura su centro nacional de operaciones de imágenes satelitales". Infoespacial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-26.

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